Hi, I can't enter a subfolder from a smb share. I have a smb share to host many diffrent backups, so I need to be able to organize this by subfolders. But creating the backup path in HA results in an error. I only can mount the base folder. Will this be fixed in future?
#Backup to SMB Share subfolder
plain basin
keen marlin
does the folder you are trying to create a sub-folder to have the right permissions read,write,create?
humble oak
Hi, I can't enter a subfolder from a smb share. I have a smb share to host many ...
what prevents you from mounting a subdir?
example from my setup where a subdir specifically for home assistant backups is mounted
plain basin
the error messages in homeassistant...
Logger: aioamazondevices
Source: components/alexa_devices/coordinator.py:58
First occurred: October 27, 2025 at 14:02:25 (1534 occurrences)
Last logged: 07:47:41
Malformed sensor state data received: {'errors': [{'message': 'Too many requests', 'path': ['endpoint'], 'extensions': {'errorCode': 'UNOFFICIAL_CLIENT_TOO_MANY_REQUESTS', 'isRetryable': False, 'classification': 'DataFetchingException'}}], 'data': {'endpoint': None}, 'extensions': {'requestID': 'QPM439FFXBGAENJ4BRQY', 'duration': 12}}
Malformed sensor state data received: {'errors': [{'message': 'Too many requests', 'path': ['endpoint'], 'extensions': {'errorCode': 'UNOFFICIAL_CLIENT_TOO_MANY_REQUESTS', 'isRetryable': False, 'classification': 'DataFetchingException'}}], 'data': {'endpoint': None}, 'extensions': {'requestID': 'VNSK33BR51GJWS4Z6V60', 'duration': 13}}
Malformed sensor state data received: {'errors': [{'message': 'Too many requests', 'path': ['endpoint'], 'extensions': {'errorCode': 'UNOFFICIAL_CLIENT_TOO_MANY_REQUESTS', 'isRetryable': False, 'classification': 'DataFetchingException'}}], 'data': {'endpoint': None}, 'extensions': {'requestID': '9QY0BNGNNKHEJDTXKXYR', 'duration': 13}}
Malformed sensor state data received: {'errors': [{'message': 'Too many requests', 'path': ['endpoint'], 'extensions': {'errorCode': 'UNOFFICIAL_CLIENT_TOO_MANY_REQUESTS', 'isRetryable': False, 'classification': 'DataFetchingException'}}], 'data': {'endpoint': None}, 'extensions': {'requestID': '93GFC7MFKQ6EAHVG9W20', 'duration': 13}}
Malformed sensor state data received: {'errors': [{'message': 'Too many requests', 'path': ['endpoint'], 'extensions': {'errorCode': 'UNOFFICIAL_CLIENT_TOO_MANY_REQUESTS', 'isRetryable': False, 'classification': 'DataFetchingException'}}], 'data': {'endpoint': None}, 'extensions': {'requestID':
Logger: homeassistant.components.hassio
Source: components/hassio/websocket_api.py:145
integration: Home Assistant Supervisor (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 07:13:34 (17 occurrences)
Last logged: 07:29:14
Failed to to call /mounts - does not match regular expression ^[^\/]+ for dictionary value @ data['server']. Got '\\192.168.100.29\' does not match regular expression ^[^\/]+ for dictionary value @ data['share']. Got '\backups\ha_backup'
Failed to to call /mounts - does not match regular expression ^[^\/]+ for dictionary value @ data['server']. Got '\\192.168.100.29\'
Failed to to call /mounts - Mounting HA_Backup did not succeed. Check host logs for errors from mount or systemd unit mnt-data-supervisor-mounts-HA_Backup.mount for details.
Failed to to call /mounts - Mounting ha_backup did not succeed. Check host logs for errors from mount or systemd unit mnt-data-supervisor-mounts-ha_backup.mount for details.
Failed to to call /mounts - does not match regular expression ^[^\/]+ for dictionary value @ data['share']. Got '/backups/ha-backup'
humble oak
Logger: aioamazondevices
Source: components/alexa_devices/coordinator.py:58
Firs...
that looks like its from alexa_devices and not related
humble oak
Logger: homeassistant.components.hassio
Source: components/hassio/websocket_api....
can you show a screenshot of what you are putting in the config when your trying to mount it?
it seems there is a formatting error
plain basin
I tried slash and back slash
plain basin
No, there was a mistake in slash backslash and captial letters. I guess I didn't try all combinations
thanks
humble oak
No, there was a mistake in slash backslash and captial letters. I guess I didn't...
yeah i was gunna suggest caps sensitivity as a possibility
plain basin
I'm german, I need a lot of caps g
humble oak
I'm german, I need a lot of caps *g*
fair enough
keen marlin
no, that is not correct formatting (i would be supprised if it worked)
it backups fine though 😉
plain basin
it backups fine though 😉
I tried that, that wasn't working
humble oak
it backups fine though 😉
must be how it builds the string. its not supposed to be used like that... but whatever...if it works for you
keen marlin
nvm 😉
humble oak
my samba target is a truenas server on another machine
keen marlin
must be how it builds the string. its not supposed to be used like that... but w...
i will happily try your advice and remove the folder. have to check
humble oak
i will happily try your advice and remove the folder. have to check
you put the path in the "remote share" as samba_share or something like samba_share/secret/not_that_type_of_secret/backups
honestly if it works though then you can just leave it but if it breaks at some point then something to check
