Is it possible to add a username a password to a hostname in /etc/hosts?
Like: a.b.c.d username:password@hostname
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/etc/hostsis used only to map an IP address to a name.shadowfile where it could lead to corruption of the whole file if edited incorrectly or with a text editor. Also, this seems to be not quite the right place for this question, I think it belongs in SuperUser?