help with terminal (leopard)

[jellevant]

I type in sudo -s and immediately get the request for my password but then it does not allow me to type it in - curser just stays put.    What am I doing wrong?

[socrates]

It seems to me that your issue is that you're using the switch ("-s") which tells sudo to use the already logged in user's credentials. 

It might help if you tell us what exactly you're trying to do.

[jellevant]

Thanks - I got it solved. 

[socrates]

If you don't mind, would you please post your solution here in case anyone else has a similar issue to yours?