DVD drive - screen sharing

I have a PowerMac G5 running headless and I control it from a Mac Pro via Screen Sharing. How do I open the DVD drive? In Screen Sharing, pressing the media eject key opens the tray on the Mac Pro, not on the PowerMac.

add an eject button to the menu bar on the G5. on the G5 go to /System/library/CoreServices/Menu Extras and double-click on Eject.menu.

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