Abnormal folder behavior (Network drive)

Hello! We have been having some odd folder behavior on our network drives. We have an apple server and also an active directory (where the problem might be). Anyways, it seems like a glitch and I was wondering if anyone has ever heard of this before (or has a solution).

What happens:

Whenever a mac client computer creates 2 or more folders on a network drive (in an empy folder) and then clicks on the new folders, it visually renames each folder that was clicked on to the name of the last folder created. However the folder names have not actually changed. It just shows that they have. The only way for the mac client user to see the folders with their actual name is to disconnect from the server (or log off) and re-browse to that location. This gets frustrating when creating batches of folders, trying to make subsequent folders, or putting files into them.

Moreover to add to the problem, these folders (with the changing names) cannot be deleted from the network drive (by the mac client user) until reconnected to the server.

These two problems occur at any level of the network drive. However they do not occur on a local mac drive. Also, these problems do not occur under our windows machines, and the windows machines can delete the folders that the mac says are “in use.”

If anyone has any ideas, I’d be very greatful! Thanks