Pesky message: cannot stat /var/run/utmp. Please "unset watch".

Robert Heller <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Jul 2026 09:15:05 -0400 (EDT)

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.user
Organization	Deepwoods Software
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

On a fresh install of trixie (Debian 13), I am getting this message.  Where is 
it coming from?

The message is:

cannot stat /var/run/utmp.  Please "unset watch".