// 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
                // otherwise there are no guarantees anyway, but this stuff is legacy anyways.

                }
                else if ( last == null ) {
                    // don't have enough credits/space for the first request, block until available
                    // for space there is nothing we can do, callers need to make sure that a single message fits

                    try {
                        long timeout = getResponseTimeout(chain);

                        // verify the server signature here, this is not done automatically as we don't set the
                        // request digest
                        // Ignore a missing signature for SMB < 3.0, as
                        // - the specification does not clearly require that (it does for SMB3+)
                        // - there seem to be server implementations (known: EMC Isilon) that do not sign the final