JBoss shuts down when Apache is stopped or restarted

Issue

• Customer has created a php script to start JBoss from the run.sh file :
  $cmd = '/usr/bin/sudo /bin/su - USER JBOSS_HOME/bin/run.sh';

• The JBoss process goes away if Apache is stopped or restarted with the service init script:

  • service httpd restart
  • service httpd stop

Entironment

• JBoss Enterprise Application Platform [EAP] 4.3.0.GA
• Apache
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux