Screen sharing between two computers

I have a G5 in my studio and a MacBook Pro in my house which are connected by Wi-Fi. Both computers have sharing switched on and I can open folders easily between computers. Now, I can screen share from my G5 to control my laptop screen but when it comes to the other way round, my MacBook requests a name and password to share the G5's screen. I have never really understood that when I'm asked for a user password to access a remote computer, does it mean the computer's password that I am currently on, or the one I am trying to gain access to (which seems the logical choice) so I have tried the following from my laptop:
The G5's computer name and it's user administrator's password
My G5's administrator user folder name (which is the same as the MacBook Pro's) and same password,
The administrator's user MacBook Pro's password with the G5's computer name
Try either password plus the hard drive name of the G5 (running out of ideas at this point)...
I know it's not the end of the world, but can anyone suggest a way out of this? All suggestions welcome.
Michael

I'm having the same problem screen sharing to a Lion 10.7.3 machine, I get this message.
However, it works just like it used to when I screen share from a 10.7.3 machine to another Mac running 10.6.8.
Any thoughts?
Thanks!

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