Downloading and uploading files without ftp and sftp

I want to get download and upload from a remote windows machine(workgroup,or dom开发者_开发问答ain) to my local unix machine.I dont want to use Sftp or FTP server.I also consider the Jcifs(smb) librariy but it only allowing access to shared directories.I want to access any directory with sufficent user permission.How can i do this I think active directory has a capability.

I would just open up a samba share on your unix machine and connect to the share from your windows machine.