First, you have to change your udev rules. There is a rule that ejects the drive when the button is pressed, and this rule causes problems. Open /lib/udev/rules.d/60-cdrom_id.rules in a text editor (as root) and comment out the line with DISK_EJECT_REQUEST by putting a hash at the beginning of the line.

Then, to lock the drive:
$ eject -i 1

And to unlock:
$ eject -i 0

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