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Removed the --authorized-withdrawer argument from create-vote-account

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The parameter is now a required third argument.  This is because authorized
withdrawer should never be the same as vote account keypair or validator
identity keypair for security reasons.

Added a --allow-unsafe-authorized-withdrawer to override this restriction if
necessary.
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Bryan Ischo
2021-09-02 17:22:33 -07:00
committed by Michael Vines
parent e6055010eb
commit e288459cf2
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@@ -239,6 +239,23 @@ solana balance --lamports
Read more about the [difference between SOL and lamports here](../introduction.md#what-are-sols).
## Create Authorized Withdrawer Account
If you haven't already done so, create an authorized-withdrawer keypair to be used
as the ultimate authority over your validator. This keypair will have the
authority to withdraw from your vote account, and will have the additional
authority to change all other aspects of your vote account. Needless to say,
this is a very important keypair as anyone who possesses it can make any
changes to your vote account, including taking ownership of it permanently.
So it is very important to keep your authorized-withdrawer keypair in a safe
location. It does not need to be stored on your validator, and should not be
stored anywhere from where it could be accessed by unauthorized parties. To
create your authorized-withdrawer keypair:
```bash
solana-keygen new -o ~/authorized-withdrawer-keypair.json
```
## Create Vote Account
If you haven’t already done so, create a vote-account keypair and create the
@@ -253,9 +270,11 @@ The following command can be used to create your vote account on the blockchain
with all the default options:
```bash
solana create-vote-account ~/vote-account-keypair.json ~/validator-keypair.json
solana create-vote-account ~/vote-account-keypair.json ~/validator-keypair.json ~/authorized-withdrawer-keypair.json
```
Remember to move your authorized withdrawer keypair into a very secure location after running the above command.
Read more about [creating and managing a vote account](vote-accounts.md).
## Known validators