- Preserve existing spacing and inline comments when rewriting `/etc/nsswitch.conf` `hosts:` lines.
- Preserve indentation, comment prefix, inline comments, and field separators when rewriting `/etc/hosts` rows.
- Add tests for the `nsswitch.conf` spacing/comment behavior.
This PR adds dhcpcd backend support for Debian and Raspberry Pi OS network configuration. It detects dhcpcd only as a final fallback after Netplan, NetworkManager, and ifupdown, preventing Webmin from incorrectly falling back to `/etc/network/interfaces` on dhcpcd-managed systems.
The new backend reads and writes `/etc/dhcpcd.conf`, including DHCP and static IPv4/IPv6 configuration, gateways, static routes, DNS servers, search domains, MTU, and virtual IPv4 aliases. It also supports implicit DHCP-managed interfaces for default dhcpcd setups with no explicit interface blocks, and handles `allowinterfaces` / `denyinterfaces` behavior.
This PR also fixes apply/delete flows for dhcpcd-managed interfaces and virtual aliases, avoids rewriting generated `/etc/resolv.conf`, preserves spacing/comments in touched hosts and nsswitch files, and tightens Active Now handling so virtual aliases are treated as IP addresses rather than independent links.
https://github.com/webmin/webmin/issues/1607
ⓘ Prefer Netplan when Debian has Netplan YAML config, otherwise select the existing NetworkManager backend for Debian systems with saved NM connection profiles, with regression tests for backend selection.
https://github.com/webmin/webmin/issues/2559
