Why calling reboot in SSH session hangs the terminal?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The SSH sessions do not automatically close when a users executes reboot command.

  • The user have to wait for it to kill itself with a broken pipe, or close the terminal completely.

    # init 6
PolicyKit daemon disconnected from the bus.
We are no longer a registered authentication agent.
Write failed: Broken pipe

  • Powering off remote node hangs ssh session on client end.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
  • systemd-219-19.el7.x86_64

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