SQLServerCentral / SQL Server 2005 / SQL Server 2005 General Discussion / BACKUP CERTIFICATE error Msg 15466, Level 16, State 1, Line 2 / Latest PostsInstantForum.NET v2.9.0SQLServerCentralhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/notifications@sqlservercentral.comWed, 22 May 2013 03:15:59 GMT20RE: BACKUP CERTIFICATE error Msg 15466, Level 16, State 1, Line 2http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1410462-149-1.aspxPlease ignore this message, I panicked too fast. It was just a password mismatch. :-)Wed, 23 Jan 2013 05:38:01 GMTEduardo OliveraBACKUP CERTIFICATE error Msg 15466, Level 16, State 1, Line 2http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1410462-149-1.aspxI am receiving the following errror when trying to backup the certificate I just created.Msg 15466, Level 16, State 1, Line 2The statement is as follows:-- Save the certificate to diskBACKUP CERTIFICATE certnameTO FILE = 'C:\Temp\certname.cer'WITH PRIVATE KEY ( FILE = 'C:Temp\certname.pvk', ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'epwd', DECRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'dpwd')GOSearching through the web I have found entries referring to issues from encrypting databases to linked servers and referrences to this error happening because master was restored. In our case, master was not restored from any server, not even itself. I am using SQL 2005.Thanks in advance for your assistance,EduardoWed, 23 Jan 2013 04:11:35 GMTEduardo Olivera