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@@ -3011,6 +3011,7 @@ <h1>Red&#160;Hat supplementary style guide for product documentation</h1>
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+<li><a href="#users">Users</a></li>
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+<div class="sect3">
+<h4 id="users"><a class="anchor" href="#users"></a><a class="link" href="#users">Users</a></h4>
+<div class="paragraph">
+<p>In most cases, the word "user" refers to a person or a person&#8217;s user account, and therefore would be considered animate. In these cases, use animate personal pronouns such as "who".</p>
+</div>
+<div class="paragraph">
+<p>In certain technical cases, these users are not persons but instead system accounts or more abstract concepts (inanimate). For example, Linux <code>root</code> and <code>guest</code> users do not relate to any person. Applications and services might run as specific Linux users with no person controlling them. SELinux users such as <code>user_u</code> or <code>sysadm_u</code> are identifiers of one or multiple Linux users for access control purposes. In these specific cases, refer to these inanimate users with inanimate personal pronouns such as "that".</p>
+</div>
+<div class="paragraph">
+<p>In these specific cases, and only if you cannot write around it, you can refer to these inanimate users with inanimate personal pronouns such as "that".</p>
+</div>
+<div class="ulist">
+<div class="title">Examples</div>
+<ul>
+<li>
+<p>Animate user</p>
+<div class="paragraph">
+<p><span class="image"><img src="images/no.png" alt="no"></span> Experienced <em>users that</em> can configure their own systems&#8230;&#8203;</p>
+</div>
+<div class="paragraph">
+<p><span class="image"><img src="images/yes.png" alt="yes"></span> <em>Users who</em> want to install their own packages&#8230;&#8203;</p>
+</div>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>Inanimate user</p>
+<div class="paragraph">
+<p><span class="image"><img src="images/no.png" alt="no"></span> A Linux user has the restrictions of the <em>SELinux user who</em> it is assigned to.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="paragraph">
+<p><span class="image"><img src="images/no.png" alt="no"></span> A Linux user has the restrictions of the <em>SELinux user</em> to <em>whom</em> it is assigned.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="paragraph">
+<p><span class="image"><img src="images/yes.png" alt="yes"></span> Specify a <em>user that</em> is allowed to perform the requested action.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="paragraph">
+<p><span class="image"><img src="images/yes.png" alt="yes"></span> A Linux user has the restrictions of the <em>SELinux user that</em> it is assigned to.</p>
+</div>
+</li>
+</ul>
+</div>
+</div>
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 <h3 id="formatting"><a class="anchor" href="#formatting"></a><a class="link" href="#formatting">Formatting</a></h3>
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