Sounds interesting. Show me the code.

Then don't use it. You can also shutdown the server from the jmx console so if you don't want that, secure it or remove it.

Because its an app that calls System.exit when it should not.

In 1.7.2, you can add "-noexit" to the args you pass into DatabaseManager.main() and it won't quit...

Ok, can you patch the service to do this by default.

Slightly off topic:

Elias, can you apply your changes (including your other recent changes)
to the other active branches
Branch_4_0 and jboss-head

If you only apply them to jboss-3.2 they will get lost.
It also causes a big problem for other people who want to port fixes in the same
classes.