In short:

1. Make the Access file an ODBC source on the Win32 box.
2. Install Perl, DBI, DBD::ODBC, and DBI::ProxyServer on the Win32 box.
3. Access the Access File from the Linux box via the DBD::Proxy driver.

Christian Lemburg
Brainbench MVP for Perl
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