I've been managing linux samba for a while now, but nothing complex. Just a simple share here and there. Maybe add/remove read or write access based on user groups within the smb.conf or use file permissions within a share (from within the smb host).

It's a bit of a pain to be honest... The smb host, and the windows guests apply permissions differently when files are moved/copied/created. I've just accepted this is 'normal', but would like to explore ways to better deal with and manage this.

"Computer Management" tool incoming...
The compmgmt.msc utility can manage other systems, not just localhost. When I point this to a smb host, most items simply time-out and fail, but I can see users I've added in the host with `smbpasswd -a`. I've also found that usergroups can be listed after I setup a 'groupmap' on the host.

Ultimately, the question now becomes. How do I use this utility from within Windows to manage new/existing shares, and to create/modify users and groups? Is the creation of a domain a requirement for this utility, or can I simply grant a user account the appropriate access (somehow) to make better use of this utility?