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== Users
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In most cases, the word "user" refers to a person or a person's user account, and therefore would be considered animate. In these cases, use animate personal pronouns such as "who".
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In certain technical cases, these users are not persons but instead user accounts or more abstract concepts (inanimate). For example, Linux `root` and `guest` 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 `user_u` or `sysadm_u` 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".
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In certain technical cases, these users are not persons but instead system accounts or more abstract concepts (inanimate). For example, Linux `root` and `guest` 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 `user_u` or `sysadm_u` 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".
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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".
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