RE: client/server shared memory problem

Hi everyone, I have a problem and I'm really out of my depth with this one.
Basically I have created a client/server architecture in C for the first time, and after a couple of days, I have finally got it bug free and up and running cleanly. I have connected one client and updated the variables on the server without any problems; my problem, however, arised when a second client connects. Now although this second connection works ok, the variables are not shared between this first and second connection due to the fact that I have created a new thread for the server using fork(). Is there any way around this by using a shared memory space, or utilising some part of the network package. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
This is the current code I am using to initialize the server:

Code:

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int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  int newsockfd, sockfd ; /* File descriptors */
  int portno;            /* Port number */
  int clilen;            /* Size of address of the client */ 
  pid_t pid;            /* PID for child processes */
 
  struct sockaddr_in serv_addr, cli_addr; /* Contains internet address */
   
  if (argc < 2) {
    fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: no port number provided.\n");
    exit(1);
  }
 
  sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0); /* Creates a new socket, internet
                                                  domain, TCP */
 
  bzero((char *) &serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr)); /* Sets buffer to zero */
 
  portno = atoi(argv[1]); /* Gets the port number */
 
  serv_addr.sin_family = AF_INET; /* Sets address family */
 
  serv_addr.sin_port = htons(portno); /* Sets the port number */
 
  serv_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY; /* Sets IP of server */
 
  if (bind(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *) &serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr)) < 0)
    error("ERROR: cannot bind\n"); /* Binds a socket to the address that the
                                    server is running on */
 
  listen(sockfd, 5); /* Allows process to listen on the socket for connections,
                        sets the number of connections that can be waiting     
                        while the process is handling a particular connection */
 
  clilen = sizeof(cli_addr);
 
  testInit(); /* Initialises the server variables*/
 
  while (1) {
    newsockfd = accept(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *) &cli_addr, &clilen);
    /* Causes process block until connection is started - returns a new file
    descriptor */
   
    if (newsockfd <0)
      error("ERROR: on accept\n");
   
    printf("Client has connected\n");
   
    pid = fork(); /* Creates a new thread to listen for other connections */
    if (pid < 0)
      error("ERROR: on fork\n");
    if (pid == 0) {
      close(sockfd);
      runUpdate(newsockfd);
      exit(0);
    }
    else close (newsockfd);
  }
  /* end while */
  return 0;
}

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