Cannot rename or delete folder on a shared drive

I'm having an issue where I cannot rename or delete a folder on a shared drive. I am the creator of the folder and there are no files in it. This is not the first time this happened and usually later in the day I am somehow able to then rename it. This issue is driving me crazy, any help is greatly appreciated.

In Finder highlight the drive. Then type Command I (I as in Ivan) you will see a dialog box, at the bottom of the box is the permissions. Change the permissions as needed.
Also how is the EHT formatted? This info will also be in that dialog box. If it's not formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled) then it probably wasn't set up to be used with OS X and is formatted for use with MS Windows.

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are the folders not in use now that they are on the desktop?
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