Plugin Help Removing Essentials Silent Join/Quit Permissions Nodes Not Working

I'm using PermissionsEX, as well as Essentials. I'm the owner of the server, and have tested a few things out. Maybe its just me being stupid but... heres whats going on.

Problem:
When I log in I'm automatically vanished, and I join silently, and quit silently.

Setup:
Version: CraftBukkit 1.8.8

Owner Group in PEX

Code:

owner:
    options:
      prefix: '&5(Owner) &F'
    permissions:
    - '*'
    - -essentials.silentjoin.vanish
    - -essentials.silentjoin
    - -essentials.silentquit
users:
  [Censored]:
    group:
    - owner
    options:
      name: DJRedNight
      last-logout-time: '1492454564'
      last-login-time: '1492454568'

Essentials Config.yml

Code:

# Should players with permissions be able to join and part silently?
# You can control this with essentials.silentjoin and essentials.silentquit permissions if it is enabled.
# In addition, people with essentials.silentjoin.vanish will be vanished on join.
allow-silent-join-quit: true

Plugins Running on Server (open) Plugins Running on Server (close)

1. AntiCheat
2. Clearlag
3. Essentials-2.x-SNAPSHOT
4. EssentialsChat-2.x-SNAPSHOT
   
5. EssentialsGeoIP-2.x-SNAPSHOT
   
6. EssentialsSpawn-2.x-SNAPSHOT
   
7. GriefPrevention
8. HolographicDisplays
9. LoginSecurity
10. PermissionsEx-1.23.4
11. ProtocolLib
12. RantomTP
13. SilkSpawners
14. WorldBorder
15. buycraft-bukkit-10.2
16. wesv (World Edit Selection Visualizer)
17. worldedit-bukkit-6.1.5
18. worldguard-6.2

Now with the permissions set up the way they are, i should have every permission available to me for every plugin on my server, but i should not be logging in vanished, or silently. At least thats the theory, and yet its not working...

#confused

 

Bumping because problem hasn't been answered and I still haven't figured it out. 7 Days has passed since original post. Thanks in advance for your help and support! Looking forward to getting this answered!

 

I don't believe you can remove nodes from a '*' permission. At least, I have never been able too. Since you enabled those permissions, the '*' node is automatically giving those nodes. Whether you removed them or not.