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What I would like to do is access an internal hard drive by it’s ‘nickname’ (label?) – easier for command line and scripts. Right now the HDD’s icon is labeled “WD_4TB”, which is what I would like to use instead of the UUID. I’ve seen how to create the label but have been unable to find how to make it usable with Terminal. (/dev/sdb2 can be highly variable so learned not to use that!)

The line from fstab is: '''/dev/disk/by-uuid/75d4f7d7-2cde-4f32-87be-5145a31428de /mnt/75d4f7d7-2cde-4f32-87be-5145a31428de auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show,x-gvfs-name=WD_4TB 0 0'''

Right now lsblk -o (lsblk -o | grep -i WD_4TB) isn’t retrieving the label so appears I’m missing a step or two. Or I’m using the wrong terminology.

I’m using Ubuntu 24.04.

Thanks!

Barry Martin
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Or I’m using the wrong terminology.

Yes. And the more logical approach would be a "mountpoint".

Create a personal mountpoint (we nowadays use the root for this but in the older days /mnt was used for internal disks so you can use that too): I have a /discworld/ that I use and I have all my normal directories (ie. Desktop, Downloads) there set to a group so wifey, kids can use its content (stream movies, music).

Replace /mnt/75d4f7d7-2cde-4f32-87be-5145a31428de by /discword and create the directory (set to your owner and you as a group and permissions 700. Depending on usage you can set the group to a shared one and use 750 or 770 for permissions.

Rinzwind
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