I get the following error (see below, where the server address is replaced by <<addrees>>). The "work around" it to set the environment variable CATALINA_OPTS to -Dhudson.scm.CVSSCM.skipChangeLog=true, but I prefer to have the problem fixed. ERROR: cvs exited with error code 1 Command line was [Executing 'cvs' with arguments: '-d:ssh:<<address>>:/cvsroot/test' 'log' '-d' '>=2010-04-19' The ' characters around the executable and arguments are not part of the command. ] in C:\project Input text: START==>null<==END Working directory is C:/project cvs exited with error code 1 Command line was [Executing 'cvs' with arguments: '-d:ssh:<<address>>:/cvsroot/test' 'log' '-d' '>=2010-04-19' The ' characters around the executable and arguments are not part of the command. ] in C:\project Input text: START==>null<==END at hudson.org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.AbstractCvsTask.runCommand(AbstractCvsTask.java:387) at hudson.org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.AbstractCvsTask.execute(AbstractCvsTask.java:457) at hudson.org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.cvslib.ChangeLogTask.execute(ChangeLogTask.java:293) at hudson.scm.CVSSCM$4.invoke(CVSSCM.java:910) at hudson.scm.CVSSCM$4.invoke(CVSSCM.java:839) at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:747) at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:729) at hudson.scm.CVSSCM.calcChangeLog(CVSSCM.java:839) at hudson.scm.CVSSCM.checkout(CVSSCM.java:408) at hudson.model.AbstractProject.checkout(AbstractProject.java:1044) at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractRunner.checkout(AbstractBuild.java:479) at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractRunner.run(AbstractBuild.java:411) at hudson.model.Run.run(Run.java:1244) at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:46) at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:88) at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:122) Recording test results Finished: FAILURE