Flat File in Unix to DB in Windows

HI
As part of POC I am trying to interface from a flat file in Unix server to a Oracle DB in Windows machine.
I can access the file in Unix box using telnet/FTP. The directory and the file has rw-rw-rw- permissions.
I have ODI installed in Windows machine. I do not have an agent or anything installed in Unix machine.
When the file is in Windows machine, I am able to interface data as required. But, when I try with file on unix machine, I get directory does not exist. I tried both absolute path using $HOME/<directory>.
Is it possible to achieve such integration or is it mandatory to install ODI Standalone Agent (at least) on the unix machine.
Regards,
G V Ranjith

Another option without installing the Unix agent is to install the samba share on the Unix and access that from Windows.
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Message Id
AC18017B146145ADDCB00000178AA4F8-1
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MyCompany
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Agreement
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Direction
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State
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Acknowledgement Mode
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Response Mode
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Send Time Stamp
2014-05-19 14:00
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Document Remaining Retry(Channel)
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Document Retry Interval(Agreement)
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Xpath Expression1
Xpath Name2
Xpath Value2
Xpath Expression2
Xpath Name3
Xpath Value3
Xpath Expression3
Correlation From XPath Name
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Correlation From XPath Expression
Correlation To XPath Name
Correlation To XPath Value
Correlation To XPath Expression
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Payload Storage
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AC18017B146145ADD9200000178AA4F7
Collaboration Name
Collaboration Version
Business Action Name
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1.0
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Transaction Set Control Number
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AC18017B146145ADAB400000178AA4F1
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AC18017B146145ADDCD00000178AA4F9
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ERROR
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B2B-51507
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141
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