While taking the CVS check out i m getting the below error .

ERROR: cvs exited with error code 2147483647
Command line was [Executing 'cvs' with arguments:
'-d:ssh:UN:password@x.x.x.x:/opt/cvsrepositories/SellsmartProjects'
'log'
'-S'
'-d'
'>=2013-09-18'

The ' characters around the executable and arguments are
not part of the command.

environment:

ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
ANT_HOME=D:\apache-ant-1.7.1
APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data
CLIENTNAME=EBSI-LAP-HP-24
ClusterLog=C:\WINDOWS\Cluster\cluster.log
CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files
COMPUTERNAME=EPE-BLD-L02
ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NO
HOMEDRIVE=C:
HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\Administrator
HUDSON_HOME=d:\Hudson\.hudson
JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_11
LOGONSERVER=
EPE-BLD-L02
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=2
OS=Windows_NT
Path=D:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\Ipswitch\Common;C:\Program Files\cvsnt;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_11\bin\;D:\apache-ant-1.7.1\bin;
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
PERL5LIB=D:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\perl\5.8.3\lib\MSWin32-x86;D:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\perl\5.8.3\lib;D:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\perl\5.8.3\lib\MSWin32-x86;D:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\perl\site\5.8.3;D:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\perl\site\5.8.3\lib;D:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\sysman\admin\scripts
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7, GenuineIntel
PROCESSOR_LEVEL=15
PROCESSOR_REVISION=0207
ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
PROMPT=$P$G
SESSIONNAME=RDP-Tcp#14
SystemDrive=C:
SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS
TEMP=d:\Hudson\tmp
TMP=d:\Hudson\tmp
USERDOMAIN=EPE-BLD-L02
USERNAME=Administrator
USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator
windir=C:\WINDOWS
WINSTATIONNAME=RDP-Tcp#15
CVS_RSH=ssh] in d:\Hudson\.hudson\jobs\bakkerhillegom\workspace
Input text:
START==>null<==END
Working directory is d:\Hudson\.hudson\jobs\bakkerhillegom\workspace
cvs exited with error code 2147483647
Command line was [Executing 'cvs' with arguments:
'-d:ssh:UN:password@x.x.x.x:/opt/cvsrepositories/SellsmartProjects'
'log'
'-S'
'-d'
'>=2013-09-18'

The ' characters around the executable and arguments are
not part of the command.

environment:

ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
ANT_HOME=D:\apache-ant-1.7.1
APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data
CLIENTNAME=EBSI-LAP-HP-24
ClusterLog=C:\WINDOWS\Cluster\cluster.log
CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files
COMPUTERNAME=EPE-BLD-L02
ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NO
HOMEDRIVE=C:
HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\Administrator
HUDSON_HOME=d:\Hudson\.hudson
JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_11
LOGONSERVER=
EPE-BLD-L02
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=2
OS=Windows_NT
Path=D:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\Ipswitch\Common;C:\Program Files\cvsnt;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_11\bin\;D:\apache-ant-1.7.1\bin;
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
PERL5LIB=D:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\perl\5.8.3\lib\MSWin32-x86;D:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\perl\5.8.3\lib;D:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\perl\5.8.3\lib\MSWin32-x86;D:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\perl\site\5.8.3;D:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\perl\site\5.8.3\lib;D:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\sysman\admin\scripts
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7, GenuineIntel
PROCESSOR_LEVEL=15
PROCESSOR_REVISION=0207
ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
PROMPT=$P$G
SESSIONNAME=RDP-Tcp#14
SystemDrive=C:
SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS
TEMP=d:\Hudson\tmp
TMP=d:\Hudson\tmp
USERDOMAIN=EPE-BLD-L02
USERNAME=Administrator
USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator
windir=C:\WINDOWS
WINSTATIONNAME=RDP-Tcp#15
CVS_RSH=ssh] in d:\Hudson\.hudson\jobs\bakkerhillegom\workspace
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:916)
at hudson.scm.CVSSCM$4.invoke(CVSSCM.java:845)
at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:756)
at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:738)
at hudson.scm.CVSSCM.calcChangeLog(CVSSCM.java:845)
at hudson.scm.CVSSCM.checkout(CVSSCM.java:411)
at hudson.model.AbstractProject.checkout(AbstractProject.java:1171)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractRunner.checkout(AbstractBuild.java:499)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractRunner.run(AbstractBuild.java:415)
at hudson.model.Run.run(Run.java:1362)
at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:46)
at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:88)
at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:145)

However , if i wipe out the workspace and again make the build it works fine with same configuration.

At time the build gets stuck at the check out it remains there. in the end i have to cancel the build and again start it works fine.

My CVS server is Linux based