haveAttributes = false;

                // This seems to be the only way to obtain a reliable (with respect to locking) file size here
                // It is more critical than other attributes because append mode depends on it.
                // We do only really care if we open for writing and not shared for writing

                log.debug("It appears we previously lost some credits");
            }

            if ( this.smb2 || this.getContext().getConfig().isUseSMB2OnlyNegotiation() ) {
                log.debug("Using SMB2 only negotiation");
                return negotiate2(null);
            }

            SmbComNegotiate comNeg = new SmbComNegotiate(getContext().getConfig(), this.signingEnforced);