RHEL 7 systemd: How to prevent root from rebooting until a prescribed action is taken

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • We don't want root to be able to casually reboot or poweroff the system
    Instead, the root user must be required to run a specific command to allow reboots

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7
  • systemd

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