Kubectl run logs error while run as non-root user with "failed to initialize nfacct client" err="nfacct sub-system not available"

[ShylajaDevadiga]

Environmental Info:
v1.31.0-rc1+k3s1

Node(s) CPU architecture, OS, and Version:
Ubuntu 24.04, Any OS

Cluster Configuration:
Single node

Describe the bug:
While running kubectl, it logs an error with

~$ kubectl get nodes
E0829 18:07:08.482306    3622 metrics.go:340] "failed to initialize nfacct client" err="nfacct sub-system not available"
E0829 18:07:08.482414    3622 metrics.go:340] "failed to initialize nfacct client" err="nfacct sub-system not available"
NAME              STATUS   ROLES                  AGE   VERSION
ip-172-31-8-251   Ready    control-plane,master   42s   v1.31.0-rc1+k3s1

Steps To Reproduce:

1. Install k3s
2. Run kubectl

Expected behavior:
No error should be logged on console

Actual behavior:
Even though the functionality is not affected we do not expect to see these logs

[brandond]

v1.31.0+k3s1 milestone should go on the release-1.31 backport issue

[mdrahman-suse]

Validation on v1.31.0+k3s1

No error is getting logged

$ k3s -v
k3s version v1.31.0+k3s1 (34be6d96)
go version go1.22.5

ubuntu@ip-xxx-xx-xx-204:~$ kubectl get nodes
NAME      STATUS   ROLES                       AGE   VERSION
server1   Ready    control-plane,etcd,master   17m   v1.31.0+k3s1

ubuntu@ip-xxx-xx-xx-204:~$ kubectl get pods -A
NAMESPACE     NAME                                      READY   STATUS      RESTARTS   AGE
kube-system   coredns-5dd589bf46-j6mqc                  1/1     Running     0          18m
kube-system   helm-install-traefik-crd-qzxkw            0/1     Completed   0          17m
kube-system   helm-install-traefik-tmgqm                0/1     Completed   1          17m
kube-system   local-path-provisioner-846b9dcb6c-7vjb5   1/1     Running     0          18m
kube-system   metrics-server-5dc58b587c-xc87l           1/1     Running     0          18m
kube-system   svclb-traefik-0a7e2ac3-7gmbh              2/2     Running     0          17m
kube-system   traefik-7f4b44bf74-mh7df                  1/1     Running     0          17m