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+### Add environment variable to opt out of POSIX Real-Time scheduling
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+On POSIX systems, processes with real-time capabilities can opt out of using
+Posix thread priority scheduling and memory locking.
+Set `EPICS_ALLOW_POSIX_THREAD_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING=NO` to achieve this.