Built ssl-enabled fossil, then:

<pre>
lap: ./fossil clone ../f.ssl.repo
                Bytes      Cards  Artifacts     Deltas
Send:              49          1          0          0
password for
Received:          20          1          0          0
Send:             619         24          0          0
1Server Error: login failed
./fossil: server says: login failed
</pre>

(obviously, I entered in the correct password...)