diff --git a/internal/broker/config_owner_live_test.go b/internal/broker/config_owner_live_test.go
index 5a5cd72b..6d364778 100644
--- a/internal/broker/config_owner_live_test.go
+++ b/internal/broker/config_owner_live_test.go
@@ -160,3 +160,87 @@ func TestNatsOnlyMeshConfigsAccountPutsToItsBuckets(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// **The controller asks mesh-config's `config` in its own name** (issue 925): on a real server whose users are
+// composed from records that hold mesh-config on novox serving `config`, the controller's request on
+// `mesh.seat.mesh-config.call.config.controller` reaches mesh-config's account and its reply reaches the
+// controller's inbox; the same request under another caller's name is refused by the server.
+func TestNatsTheControllerAsksMeshConfigInItsOwnName(t *testing.T) {
+	hash, err := bcrypt.GenerateFromPassword([]byte("pw"), bcrypt.MinCost)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	seat := Seat{Name: "mesh-config", Scope: "mesh", Serves: []string{"config"}}
+	users, err := Users(Records{Nodes: []string{"novox"}, Assigned: map[string][]Declared{
+		"novox": {{Module: RuntimeModule}, {Module: "mesh-config", RunsAs: "mesh-config", Holds: []Seat{seat}}},
+	}})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	for i := range users {
+		users[i].PasswordHash = string(hash)
+	}
+	accounts, err := ComposeAccounts(users)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	conf := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "bus.conf")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(conf, []byte("listen: 127.0.0.1:-1\n"+accounts), 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	opts, err := server.ProcessConfigFile(conf)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("the composed accounts do not parse: %v", err)
+	}
+	opts.NoLog, opts.NoSigs = true, true
+	s, err := server.NewServer(opts)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	go s.Start()
+	if !s.ReadyForConnections(10 * time.Second) {
+		t.Fatal("the bus did not come up")
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(s.Shutdown)
+	connect := func(user string) (*nats.Conn, chan error) {
+		t.Helper()
+		refused := make(chan error, 8)
+		nc, err := nats.Connect(s.ClientURL(), nats.UserInfo(user, "pw"), nats.CustomInboxPrefix("_INBOX."+user),
+			nats.ErrorHandler(func(_ *nats.Conn, _ *nats.Subscription, err error) { refused <- err }))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("%s cannot connect: %v", user, err)
+		}
+		t.Cleanup(nc.Close)
+		return nc, refused
+	}
+	owner, _ := connect("novox.mesh-config")
+	subject := CalledSubject("mesh.seat.mesh-config.tool.config", ControllerName)
+	if subject != "mesh.seat.mesh-config.call.config.controller" {
+		t.Fatalf("the subject is %s", subject)
+	}
+	if _, err := owner.Subscribe("mesh.seat.mesh-config.call.config.*", func(m *nats.Msg) {
+		_ = m.Respond([]byte(`{"ok":true}`))
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := owner.Flush(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	controller, refused := connect(ControllerName)
+	reply, err := controller.Request(subject, []byte(`{"action":"set"}`), 5*time.Second)
+	if err != nil || string(reply.Data) != `{"ok":true}` {
+		t.Fatalf("the controller's own-name request got %v (%v), want mesh-config's reply", reply, err)
+	}
+	if err := controller.Publish(CalledSubject("mesh.seat.mesh-config.tool.config", "anchor.node-tools"), nil); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	_ = controller.Flush()
+	select {
+	case err := <-refused:
+		if !errors.Is(err, nats.ErrPermissionViolation) {
+			t.Errorf("the server said %v, want a permissions violation", err)
+		}
+	case <-time.After(3 * time.Second):
+		t.Error("the server did not refuse the controller a request in another's name")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/broker/controller_buckets_test.go b/internal/broker/controller_buckets_test.go
index a62c1c5e..12bcc1da 100644
--- a/internal/broker/controller_buckets_test.go
+++ b/internal/broker/controller_buckets_test.go
@@ -226,3 +226,45 @@ func TestTheControllerMayAskTheVaultInItsOwnName(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// **The controller may ask mesh-config's `config` in its own name** (issue 925): move-config and the settings verb
+// set a trusted value through mesh-config, which takes it as the controller carries it only from the subject that
+// names the controller as caller. Granted when the records hold a holder serving the verb, and not otherwise;
+// the installer's first user list carries none.
+func TestTheControllerMayAskMeshConfigInItsOwnName(t *testing.T) {
+	config := Declared{Module: "mesh-config", Holds: []Seat{{Name: "mesh-config", Serves: []string{"config"}}}}
+	users, err := Users(Records{Nodes: []string{"novox"}, Assigned: map[string][]Declared{"novox": {config}}})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if strings.Join(users[0].AsksTheConfig, ",") != "config" {
+		t.Fatalf("composed %v", users[0].AsksTheConfig)
+	}
+	p, err := PermissionsFor(users[0])
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if !slices.Contains(p.Publish, "mesh.seat.mesh-config.call.config.controller") {
+		t.Errorf("the controller may not publish mesh.seat.mesh-config.call.config.controller: %v", p.Publish)
+	}
+	if !MayPublish(p, CalledSubject("mesh.seat.mesh-config.tool.config", ControllerName)) {
+		t.Error("the controller may not ask mesh-config's config in its own name")
+	}
+	if MayPublish(p, CalledSubject("mesh.seat.mesh-config.tool.config", "anchor.node-tools")) {
+		t.Error("the controller may ask mesh-config's config in another's name")
+	}
+	// No holder serving it composes no grant, nor does genesis.
+	other := Declared{Module: "mesh-config", Holds: []Seat{{Name: "mesh-config", Serves: []string{"list"}}}}
+	for _, r := range []Records{{Nodes: []string{"novox"}}, {Nodes: []string{"novox"}, Assigned: map[string][]Declared{"novox": {other}}}} {
+		users, _ = Users(r)
+		if len(users[0].AsksTheConfig) != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("composed %v without a holder serving config", users[0].AsksTheConfig)
+		}
+	}
+	genesis, _ := PermissionsFor(Principal{Kind: KindController, PasswordHash: "x"})
+	for _, s := range genesis.Publish {
+		if strings.Contains(s, "mesh-config") {
+			t.Errorf("the installer's controller may publish %s", s)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/broker/nats.go b/internal/broker/nats.go
index 366c5cd8..ffbca362 100644
--- a/internal/broker/nats.go
+++ b/internal/broker/nats.go
@@ -141,6 +141,12 @@ type Principal struct {
 	// controller asks. Composed from the records like AsksIssued, so the installer's first user list carries none.
 	AsksTheVault []string
 
+	// AsksTheConfig are the mesh-config verbs the controller asks in its own name (VerbsTheControllerAsksTheConfig,
+	// issue 925), those mesh-config's holder serves: on the subject that names its caller, so mesh-config takes a
+	// value as the controller carries it (ADR 0348 §8). Composed from the records like AsksTheVault, so the
+	// installer's first user list carries none.
+	AsksTheConfig []string
+
 	// AsksTheDesk says this principal is the vault's holder, which asks the desks' secret prompt in its own name
 	// (novox/hq ADR 0349 clause 9, issue 723): `node-launcher.secret` on any machine, on the subject that names
 	// its caller, and nothing else of that seat. With AsksIssued on the same principal, the vault's whole reach
@@ -316,6 +322,12 @@ var VerbsTheControllerAsksTheVault = []SeatVerb{{Seat: "mesh-vault", Verb: "acce
 	{Seat: "mesh-vault", Verb: "secret-ask"}, {Seat: "mesh-vault", Verb: "issued"}, {Seat: "mesh-vault", Verb: "rotate"},
 	{Seat: "mesh-vault", Verb: "move-asks"}, {Seat: "mesh-vault", Verb: "get"}}
 
+// VerbsTheControllerAsksTheConfig are the mesh-config seat's verbs the controller calls in its own name (issue 925):
+// `config`, the one verb mesh-config serves, which move-config uses to set each value and the settings verb to set,
+// clear and propose through mesh-config. mesh-config takes a value as the controller carries it only from the
+// subject that names the controller as caller (ADR 0348 §8); granted as Principal.AsksTheConfig says.
+var VerbsTheControllerAsksTheConfig = []SeatVerb{{Seat: "mesh-config", Verb: "config"}}
+
 // VaultMoveIn is the vault's verb a machine's node-engine asks in its own name to hand in a value sealed to its
 // machine (design 57's V3, issue 676); granted as Principal.MovesIntoTheVault says.
 var VaultMoveIn = SeatVerb{Seat: "mesh-vault", Verb: "move-in"}
@@ -1089,6 +1101,13 @@ func PermissionsFor(p Principal) (Permissions, error) {
 				pub = append(pub, "mesh.seat."+v.Seat+"."+CallKind+"."+v.Verb+"."+CallerToken(p.Username()))
 			}
 		}
+		// **And mesh-config's verb** (issue 925): it takes a trusted value from the controller alone, known from the
+		// subject's last token.
+		for _, v := range VerbsTheControllerAsksTheConfig {
+			if slices.Contains(p.AsksTheConfig, v.Verb) {
+				pub = append(pub, "mesh.seat."+v.Seat+"."+CallKind+"."+v.Verb+"."+CallerToken(p.Username()))
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	sort.Strings(pub)
diff --git a/internal/broker/users.go b/internal/broker/users.go
index d1d39f56..9ad43933 100644
--- a/internal/broker/users.go
+++ b/internal/broker/users.go
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ type Records struct {
 // is a mesh that cannot be told anything, and there is no state of the records in which that is
 // correct.
 func Users(r Records) ([]Principal, error) {
-	out := []Principal{{Kind: KindController, Uses: asksSeatOf(r), AsksIssued: issuedOf(r), AsksTheVault: vaultVerbsOf(r)}}
+	out := []Principal{{Kind: KindController, Uses: asksSeatOf(r), AsksIssued: issuedOf(r), AsksTheVault: vaultVerbsOf(r),
+		AsksTheConfig: servedOf(r, VerbsTheControllerAsksTheConfig)}}
 
 	for _, node := range sortedCopy(r.Nodes) {
 		witness := false
@@ -290,13 +291,16 @@ func holdsSeat(d Declared, seat string) bool {
 
 // vaultVerbsOf are the vault's intake verbs its holder serves, as the records say (issue 675): what the controller
 // is granted to ask it in its own name. None while no holder serves them.
-func vaultVerbsOf(r Records) []string {
+func vaultVerbsOf(r Records) []string { return servedOf(r, VerbsTheControllerAsksTheVault) }
+
+// servedOf are the verbs of asked that a seat's holder serves, as the records say, by name.
+func servedOf(r Records, asked []SeatVerb) []string {
 	seen := map[string]bool{}
 	var out []string
 	for _, node := range sortedCopy(r.Nodes) {
 		for _, d := range r.Assigned[node] {
 			for _, s := range d.Holds {
-				for _, v := range VerbsTheControllerAsksTheVault {
+				for _, v := range asked {
 					if s.Name == v.Seat && slices.Contains(s.Serves, v.Verb) && !seen[v.Verb] {
 						seen[v.Verb] = true
 						out = append(out, v.Verb)