Using Exec gives me "502 Bad Gateway"

[HotelUser]

OS: Windows Server 2003
Server: IIS 5.2

<?php exec("reboot.bat"); ?>gives me:

Bad Gateway Web server received an invalid response while acting as a gateway or proxy server.

If anyone could shed some light on fixing this, I'd appreciate it!

[Dentafrice]

I'm guessing reboot.bat reboots the server from what the name implies?

If so, does the IIS user have the correct permissions to actually handle calls to the OS?

[HotelUser]

no, the reboot.bat file restarts a shoutcast server. I've given CMD.exe the correct permissions, yes.

[lolwut]

It seems off topic and probably is; but is Windows Server any good?
Thinking about making a server to host my music on so I can access it wherever... And I have a copy my dad never used and a spare XP PC with 1gb RAM.

[HotelUser]

It seems off topic and probably is; but is Windows Server any good?
Thinking about making a server to host my music on so I can access it wherever... And I have a copy my dad never used and a spare XP PC with 1gb RAM.

If it's pro you can install IIS onto it as a Windows component, or just use Xampp, it's decent enough. Though with IIS/Apache on XP I wouldn't go looking for any decent control panels, as there's not much of a selection.

[HotelUser]

so...can anybody shed some light on this problem?