2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/EssentialsGroupManager/src/Changelog.txt b/EssentialsGroupManager/src/Changelog.txt
index 0679b7f14..8c038c3ee 100644
--- a/EssentialsGroupManager/src/Changelog.txt
+++ b/EssentialsGroupManager/src/Changelog.txt
@@ -235,4 +235,5 @@ v2.1:
 	- Prevent GM's own permission tests from allowing inherited permissions to override inherited negations (caused when we added the exception override for sub groups).
 	- Add internal name to UUID resolution to speed data lookups.
 	- Convert all User lookups and commands to use UUIDs where possible.
-	- Fix Overloaded and non-overloaded users to report correctly for group tests.
-\ No newline at end of file
+	- Fix Overloaded and non-overloaded users to report correctly for group tests.
+	- Prevent inherited group permission negations overriding higher level group perms.
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/EssentialsGroupManager/src/org/anjocaido/groupmanager/permissions/AnjoPermissionsHandler.java b/EssentialsGroupManager/src/org/anjocaido/groupmanager/permissions/AnjoPermissionsHandler.java
index 12b6d4e7e..717346f20 100644
--- a/EssentialsGroupManager/src/org/anjocaido/groupmanager/permissions/AnjoPermissionsHandler.java
+++ b/EssentialsGroupManager/src/org/anjocaido/groupmanager/permissions/AnjoPermissionsHandler.java
@@ -1069,12 +1069,18 @@ public class AnjoPermissionsHandler extends PermissionsReaderInterface {
 				
 				if (resultNow.resultType.equals(PermissionCheckResult.Type.EXCEPTION)) {
 					resultNow.accessLevel = targetPermission;
+					GroupManager.logger.fine("Found an " + resultNow.resultType + " for " + targetPermission + " in group " + resultNow.owner.getLastName());
 					return resultNow;
 				}
 				
-				if (!result.resultType.equals(PermissionCheckResult.Type.NEGATION)) {
+				/*
+				 * Store the first found permission only.
+				 * This will prevent inherited permission negations overriding higher level perms.
+				 */
+				if (result.resultType.equals(PermissionCheckResult.Type.NOTFOUND)) {
 					// No Negation found so store for later
 					// as we need to continue looking for an Exception.
+					GroupManager.logger.fine("Found an " + resultNow.resultType + " for " + targetPermission + " in group " + resultNow.owner.getLastName());
 					result = resultNow;
 				}
 			}