mysql connection problem

[cheeyee]

Hi everybody:
Im using mysql version 4 max and red hat 7.2.When i connect to mysql database ,it take long time to connect since my connection to this database become huge.When i check the process,it show me waiting for Authentication.How to Improve it to make it faster to get the connection.

[_SuperString]

What is awaiting Authentication ? please post you connection script so we can see what to improve.

I usually do this to make a connection:

$db = mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "password");
mysql_select_db("databasename",$db);