just created a public share, copied over a file from my mac, it is also under the user i was logged in with in finder/smb
-rw-rw-rw- 1 alex users 904K Aug 13 02:07 a-splash.jpg
i ll copy some folders over and try to delete to see if the same problem with being unable to delete manifests itself
/edit:
tried it, copied folders over, tried to delete, got "The operation can’t be completed because the item “this is a folder name” is in use."
chown to nobody:users, was also not able to delete
left it a while, the folder "in use" changed and was able to delete part of the files.
left it some more, and was able to delete some more
left it some more, was able to delete all
and now i am more confused than ever... is there some kind of indexing service. or something locking files immediately after write?
i ll redo the whole test above, with some longer periods of time between actions....