diff --git a/asset/postgres/ident.conf.tmpl b/asset/postgres/ident.conf.tmpl
index 4e5e36b..f604789 100644
--- a/asset/postgres/ident.conf.tmpl
+++ b/asset/postgres/ident.conf.tmpl
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 # moments — pg_ident.conf.d drop-in template
-# Rendered by script/deploy.sh per host based on manifest.yml.
-# Install path: /var/lib/pgsql/18/data/pg_ident.conf.d/{{HOST_FQDN}}.conf
+# Maintained by script/db-perms.sh (idempotent; run from a workstation).
+# Install path: /var/lib/pgsql/18/data/pg_ident.conf.d/moments.conf
+#
+# The file is named for the app (moments.conf), NOT the cert_cn host, so
+# provisioning for other apps — which may own drop-ins for the same hosts —
+# can never clobber or interleave with moments access.
+#
 # Apply with: sudo systemctl reload postgresql-18 — on BOTH magrathea
 # (primary) and frankie (standby) so failover doesn't lock the app out.
 #
-# One line per (host, role) mapping. A host that runs both moments-api
-# and moments-worker will have two lines (one for moments_ro, one for
-# moments_rw).
+# One line per (cert_cn host, role) mapping. A host that runs both
+# moments-api and moments-worker will have two lines (one for moments_ro,
+# one for moments_rw).
 
 cert_cn {{HOST_FQDN}} {{DB_ROLE}}
diff --git a/script/db-perms.sh b/script/db-perms.sh
index dd05c87..eb0ef68 100755
--- a/script/db-perms.sh
+++ b/script/db-perms.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
-# Idempotently add cert_cn → role mappings to pg_ident.conf.d on the moments
-# postgres primary and standby, then reload postgres so the changes take
-# effect. Re-running is a no-op (no duplicate lines, no spurious reload).
+# Idempotently maintain the moments cert_cn → role mappings in an app-owned
+# pg_ident.conf.d/moments.conf on the moments postgres primary and standby,
+# then reload postgres so the changes take effect. Re-running is a no-op
+# (no duplicate lines, no spurious reload).
+#
+# The file is named for the app, not the cert_cn host, so provisioning for
+# other apps (which may own files for the same hosts) can never clobber or
+# interleave with moments access. Any moments_* lines found in legacy
+# host-named files are migrated here and removed from the legacy file.
 #
 # Run from a workstation with ssh access to both pg hosts. This script ssh's
 # out; do NOT run it on magrathea/frankie directly.
@@ -14,32 +20,63 @@ worker_host=frootmig.kosherinata.internal
 
 pg_hosts=(
     magrathea.kosherinata.internal
-    frankie.kosherinata.internal
+    frankie.hanzalova.internal
 )
 
 # Each (cert_cn host, role) pair becomes one cert_cn line in
-# pg_ident.conf.d/<cert_cn host>.conf on every pg host listed above.
+# pg_ident.conf.d/moments.conf on every pg host listed above.
 mapping_pairs=(
     "$api_host"    moments_ro
     "$worker_host" moments_rw
 )
 
 ident_dir=/var/lib/pgsql/18/data/pg_ident.conf.d
+app_file=moments.conf
 
+failed=0
 for pg_host in "${pg_hosts[@]}"; do
     printf '==> %s\n' "$pg_host"
-    ssh -o BatchMode=yes "$pg_host" "sudo bash -s -- ${ident_dir@Q} ${mapping_pairs[@]@Q}" <<'REMOTE_EOF'
+    if ! ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=5 "$pg_host" \
+        "sudo bash -s -- ${ident_dir@Q} ${app_file@Q} ${mapping_pairs[@]@Q}" <<'REMOTE_EOF'
 set -euo pipefail
 ident_dir="$1"; shift
+file="${ident_dir}/$1"; shift
 
 changed=0
+
+# Migrate any moments_* lines out of legacy host-named files into the
+# app-owned file, so other apps' provisioning (which may own files for the
+# same hosts) can never clobber or drop moments access. Lines are preserved
+# verbatim (this covers mappings beyond mapping_pairs, e.g. a workstation's).
+# A legacy file left empty is removed.
+moments_re='^cert_cn[[:space:]]+[^[:space:]]+[[:space:]]+moments_(ro|rw)[[:space:]]*$'
+for legacy in "$ident_dir"/*.conf; do
+    [[ "$legacy" == "$file" ]] && continue
+    grep --extended-regexp --quiet "$moments_re" "$legacy" || continue
+    while read -r line; do
+        if [[ -f "$file" ]] && grep --fixed-strings --line-regexp --quiet -- "$line" "$file"; then
+            printf '  already in %s, dropping from %s: %s\n' "${file##*/}" "${legacy##*/}" "$line"
+        else
+            printf '%s\n' "$line" | sudo -u postgres tee --append "$file" >/dev/null
+            printf '  migrated from %s: %s\n' "${legacy##*/}" "$line"
+        fi
+    done < <(grep --extended-regexp "$moments_re" "$legacy")
+    remaining="$(grep --extended-regexp --invert-match "$moments_re" "$legacy" || true)"
+    if [[ -n "$remaining" ]]; then
+        printf '%s\n' "$remaining" | sudo -u postgres tee "$legacy" >/dev/null
+    else
+        rm "$legacy"
+        printf '  removed empty legacy file %s\n' "${legacy##*/}"
+    fi
+    changed=1
+done
+
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     cert_cn_host="$1"
     role="$2"
     shift 2
 
     line="cert_cn ${cert_cn_host} ${role}"
-    file="${ident_dir}/${cert_cn_host}.conf"
 
     # The heredoc runs as root via sudo bash, so [[ -f ]] and grep are fine
     # without dropping privs. tee --append runs as postgres so a newly-created
@@ -60,4 +97,9 @@ else
     echo "  no changes; reload skipped"
 fi
 REMOTE_EOF
+    then
+        echo "  WARNING: ${pg_host} unreachable or failed — re-run when it is back"
+        failed=1
+    fi
 done
+exit "$failed"