MSM7xx Controllers Configuration Guide v6.4.0

IMPORTANT: The documentation for this product frequently uses the terms site attributes and user
attributes to refer to the Colubris AV-Pair attribute values depending on whether the AV-Pair attribute
values are set with a value that applies to the public access site or to an individual user.
Defining and retrieving site attributes
Site attributes can be retrieved from a third-party RADIUS server or specified directly on the
controller. In both cases, configuration settings are defined on the Controller >> Public access >
Attributes page.
Retrieving site attributes from a RADIUS server
To retrieve attributes form a RADIUS server, enable the Retrieve attributes using RADIUS option.
To use this option, you must also configure a RADIUS profile (see “Using a third-party RADIUS
server” (page 364)) and define an account for the controller on the appropriate RADIUS server. This
account must contain all site attributes that you want to retrieve. For a complete list of all supported
site attributes and their syntax, see “Colubris AV-Pair - Site attribute values” (page 458).
After the controller is authenticated by the RADIUS server it automatically retrieves the site attributes
you defined in the controllers RADIUS account. The retrieved attributes are then combined with the
attributes defined in the Configured attributes list (if any) to build the complete list of attributes that
are active on the controller. If the same attribute is defined on both the RADIUS server and in the
Configured attributes list, the setting of Retrieved attributes override configured attributes determines
which definition is used.
436 Working with RADIUS attributes