Well, members of the restricted group should be able to navigate the restricted directory, and read files that have group read permissions on them. So, what precisely is going on? As root, create a file in /home/restricted with some text. Make the file's group "restricted", and make sure that the group permissions include +r (read access).
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happygeek commented: well said! +11
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