2015-04-01 16:00 AEST by Arthur Barrett - On the SERVER, if the mkdir in TEMP directory has 'access denied' then the login will fail:

C:\Users\Public\Documents\Uniface 95 Development\eclipse-project>cvs -d 
:pserver:abarrett@localhost:/myrepo rls
cvs rls: reading from server: win pserver 2.8.02 (Cally) Build 5517 (RC 5) error -1
cvs rls: server connection probably timed out, please try again
cvs [rls aborted]: if this error continues to occur please e-mail error to support@march-hare.com


On the ServerTraceFile we see:
05:51:17: S -> I LOVE YOU
05:51:17: S -> Has CVS Username
05:51:17: S -> server_authenticate_connection: done
05:51:17: S -> User authenticated status = 0
05:51:17: S -> Starting server
05:51:17: S -> Server start stuff
05:51:17: S -> Server temp dir is C:\Users\UD6_SA~1\AppData\Local\Temp/cvs-serv3732
05:51:17: S -> nonpacketizing_buffer_output
05:51:17: S -> nonpacketizing_buffer_output: result: 0
05:51:17: S -> error_exit() - are we here due to a connection timeout?
05:51:17: S -> Unloading audit.dll


And if I try and create that directory 'as the client user' I get access denied:
C:\Windows\system32>mkdir C:\Users\UD6_SA~1\AppData\Local\Temp\cvs-serv3732
Access is denied.

Not sure why the default server temp dir is:
 C:\Users\UD6_SA~1\AppData\Local\Temp\cvs-serv3732
  ie: C:\Users\UD6_Sales\AppData\Local

Instead of:
 C:/PROGRA~2/MARCHH~1/temp
  ie: C:\ProgramData\March Hare\Temp

2015-04-01 16:02 AEST by Arthur Barrett - in HKLM\Software\March Hare Software Ltd\Server


TempDir is set to C:\Users\UD6_SA~1\AppData\Local\Temp

changing manually to C:\PROGRA~2\MARCHH~1\temp fixes the problem...