autofs --ghost option not working

[Morphine Drip]

i have a gentoo box running autofs.

my version of autofs is "net-fs/autofs-4.1.3-r7"

my issue is using the ghost option.

my base directory is called /netshare
my automount directory is /netshare/compa

now whenever i cd to /netshare and do an 'ls' i see nothing. if i start to type 'co' and hit tab for completion i get nothing also. the result is what i would see if i did not use the --ghost option. i tried this on an ubuntu box using my same 2 config files (auto.master, auto.smb) and it works fine.

does anyone have any tips why the --ghost option is not working?

below is the guide i used to set this up and the 2 config files i'm using:

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Auto_mount_filesystems_(AUTOFS)

auto.master
------------
/netshare /etc/autofs/auto.smb --timeout=10 --ghost

auto.smb
---------
compa -fstype=cifs,username=test,password=test ://192.168.0.10/d


i checked my /var/log/messages and all is clean. no autofs output. mind you automount works, just not the ghost option.

thanks,
drip