CRON in Magento not Running "Permission Denied"

Trying to Run CRON in www/magento (upgraded to 1.6.2 in TKL 11.2)

When I am in WEBMIN scheduling a CRON Job (cron.php or cron.sh) I am getting

Output from command /var/www/magento/cron.php ..

Output from command /var/www/magento/cron.sh..

/bin/sh: /var/www/magento/cron.php: Permission denied

I have tried to run as both Root and as www-data with no change.

How can I get these to run either manually from within WEBMIN and ideally regularly from the Magento Cronjobs schedule? The following is within Magento, but I am getting feedback that CRON is not running.

For correct URLs generated during cron runs please make sure that Web > Secure and Unsecure Base URLs are explicitly set.

Generate Schedules Every		[STORE VIEW]
Schedule Ahead for		[STORE VIEW]
Missed if Not Run Within		[STORE VIEW]
History Cleanup Every		[STORE VIEW]
Success History Lifetime		[STORE VIEW]
Failure History Lifetime		[STORE VIEW]

Any thought on this?

thank you,