Make right-click "rename" work for disk labels
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One Hundred Papercuts |
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nautilus (Ubuntu) |
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: nautilus
Go to "Computer" to see list of available volumes. Right click on any of them. Choose "Rename". The system will allow you to edit the name of the volume but when you push the enter key you'll always get an "Operation not supported by backend" message.
I think renaming a volume should do the following:
1- Ask for administrative permissions.
2- Unmount the volume if it is mounted.
3- Check for the file system in place.
4- Use the appropriate command to change the volume label.
5- Mount the file system back if it was mounted before.
This should work for all types of disks and volumes.
Alternatively, labeling might be done on a per-user basis by keeping a list of volume names at the users home folder with the correspondence between the real name and the user-given name.
Why:
If we're talking about real renaming, ordinary users should not be required to know how to use a bunch of different command line tools to change the name of a disk, or start a partition editor application to do such renaming.
If we're talking about per-user naming, two users might want to call partitions differently.
To the devs:
Take the easiest approach, but make "right clicking to rename" functional.
This is not a duplicate of bug #68924, please fully read both beyond the title before marking it as a duplicate.