Locking the remote screen in screen sharing?

Hi,
10.5 had the option in screen sharing to "lock" the remote screen when you were accessing it via Screen Sharing... I still have it in my notes (love me some EverNote) and it went something like this...
defaults write com.apple.ScreenSharing \
'NSToolbar Configuration ControlToolbar' -dict-add 'TB Item Identifiers' \
'(Scale,Control,Share,Curtain,Capture,FullScreen,GetClipboard,SendClipboard,Quality)'
Specifically the "Curtain" option... I've tried doing the same thing on 10.6, but no dice, and have resorted to changing the brightness to zero in System Preferences So my question is...
Is there any way to lock the remote screen when I am accessing my home mac via Screen Sharing?
Thanks!
Jay

The lock switch is the only way to prevent rotation, sorry.

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