[MEN-5019] Make it possible to disable built-in auth daemon in the client - Northern.tech AS

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Acceptance criteria:

This config option exists:

{
    "AuthManagerServiceEnabled": true/false
}

When set to false, the auth daemon (Go routine) of github.com/mendersoftware/mender/authmanager does not run, and the AuthManager interfaces are not serviced.
Unit tests
Flag documented in https://docs.mender.io/client-installation/configuration-file/configuration-options
When disabled, mender bootstrap shall produce an appropriate message that bootstrapping needs to be done using a third party tool.
TODO: Make sure this task is updated after doing ~~MEN-5166~~.
Feature branch: feature-unified_comms

blocks

MEN-5021 Acceptance test which checks that "AuthManagerServerEnabled: false" is honored

MEN-5207 Make option for "mender setup" which disables built-in auth manager

is blocked by

MEN-5011 Split Mender client and its Auth Manager into two separate components

MEN-5166 Split DBus Auth Manager interface into two parts