Why are * permissions bad (eg; essentials.*, cmi.*, or of course, the classic, * by itself)
I am on the * are bad side of this fence but I often find myself trying to help out on servers that are addicted to the
Or am I a big old dummy and wrong here?
searchable keyword(s): wildcard permissions
*. I need to be able to articulate in a non-admin sort of way why we don't want to use them. In sort my own reasons are this; It's bad code. You don't know what you are doing when you enable everything, and by enabling everything, you almost certainly create unintended side effects, like excluding admins who also want to experience the game, from gameplay elements. But, that's a mouthful, and I feel like there are far better, and far more critical reasons why * permissions should be avoided.Or am I a big old dummy and wrong here?
searchable keyword(s): wildcard permissions
