Is it possible to mount an NFS partition with a label?

Question

I export 3 directories via NFS (pisces:/media/music, pisces:/media/video, pisces:/media/photo) that I mount individually. Currently, they all appear on my (Ubuntu) Gnome desktop as 'pisces', which is less than useful.

The doc seems to indicate that the -LABEL switch isn't supported for NFS mount; is there some other way of labeling the mounts?

The directories are mounted using /etc/fstab (unfortunately I don't have access to that machine right now, and can't remember the options; it is pretty close to the defaults though).

ta, -- peter

Answer 1

As far as /etc/fstab is concerned, apart from LABEL tags(variables) -- (which are generally for local disks/filesystems) it can also accept UUID identifier. So, in theory UUID can work for NFS mounts. (UUID should be generated for nfs directory for example nfsserver:/exportdir).

Although, I have not seen people using Labels nor UUIDs for NFS mounts in /etc/fstab. Instead, the better alternative approach has always been to use automounter or amd.

Answer 2

Per gabe's suggestion above, answering with my comment ...

I'm having a headslap moment here now ... I'm using mount pisces:/media/music ~/Music/pisces (note the machine and folder names are the same) for all ; hence my confusion. Apologies for the noise.