The signal is captured by the JVM, and there is a specific API for that signal on JVMPI. I tried capturing signals on the native layer... but every time I tried breaking the regular flow of execution.... (JVM->NativeLayer) I got crashes. The first version used only kill -3, later I developed a MBean where you could use Java->native methods to control its life cycle. The best way to control the execution now would be through MBean.. but you need to have the jboss-profiler-noAOP.sar deployed before JBoss started. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4056087#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...