It does not respond to QUIT signal. Actually the only signal it responds to is KILL signal. It ignores all other signals aparently. (root)@server:~$ /usr/jdk/jdk1.6.0_02/bin/java -Dprogram.name=run.sh -server -Xms128m -Xmx512m -Dsun.rmi.dgc.client.gcInterval=3600000 -Dsun.rmi.dgc.server.gcInterval=3600000 -Djava.endorsed.dirs=/opt/jboss-4.2.1.GA/lib/endorsed -classpath /opt/jboss-4.2.1.GA/bin/run.jar org.jboss.Main > jboss.trace (root)@server:~$ ps -ef | grep java root 24903 22629 0 19:56:15 pts/6 0:00 grep java root 24706 24609 0 19:54:53 pts/4 0:01 /usr/jdk/jdk1.6.0_02/bin/java -Dprogram.name=run.sh -server -Xms128m -Xmx512m - (root)@server:~$ kill -QUIT 24706 (root)@server:~$ kill -3 24706 (root)@server:~$ tail -f jboss.trace 19:54:53,816 INFO [Server] Server Name: default 19:54:53,817 INFO [Server] Server Home Dir: /opt/jboss-4.2.1.GA/server/default 19:54:53,817 INFO [Server] Server Home URL: file:/opt/jboss-4.2.1.GA/server/default/ 19:54:53,817 INFO [Server] Server Log Dir: /opt/jboss-4.2.1.GA/server/default/log 19:54:53,817 INFO [Server] Server Temp Dir: /opt/jboss-4.2.1.GA/server/default/tmp 19:54:53,818 INFO [Server] Root Deployment Filename: jboss-service.xml 19:54:54,214 INFO [ServerInfo] Java version: 1.6.0_02,Sun Microsystems Inc. 19:54:54,214 INFO [ServerInfo] Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM 1.6.0_02-b05,Sun Microsystems Inc. 19:54:54,214 INFO [ServerInfo] OS-System: SunOS 5.10,x86 19:54:54,545 INFO [Server] Core system initialized View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4090049#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...