Networking Guide
Chapter 6, Configuring the Domain Name Service

RP (responsible person) resource record

RP (responsible person) resource record

RP identifies the name (or group name) of the responsible person(s) for a host. This information is useful in troubleshooting problems over the network. Here is an example:

   owner    {ttl}  addr-class  RP  mbox-domain-name      TXT-domain-name
   dave            IN          RP  dave.mynet.COM        sysadmins.mynet.COM

The ``mbox-domain-name'' field contains the mailbox address for the responsible person. The address is specified following the standard DNS convention, with the mailbox name prepended to the domain name. A period (.) indicates that no mailbox is available.

The ``TXT-domain-name'' field indicates a domain in which TXT records exist. Subsequent searches can retrieve the records from the TXT domain. In the example, sysadmins.mynet.COM is the name of a TXT record that might contain the names and phone numbers of system administrators.

The RP record is class-insensitive, and multiple records for a single name may appear in the database. If multiple records exist, they should have identical TTL's.

Not all name servers implement or recognize the RP record at this time.