title: With python socketserver how can I pass a variable to the constructor of the handler class
body: <p>I would like to pass my database connection to the EchoHandler class, however I can't figure out how to do that or access the EchoHandler class at all.</p>
  
  <pre>
  
  class EchoHandler(SocketServer.StreamRequestHandler):
      def handle(self):
          print self.client_address, 'connected'
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
      conn = MySQLdb.connect (host = "10.0.0.5", user = "user", passwd = "pass", db = "database")
  
      SocketServer.ForkingTCPServer.allow_reuse_address = 1
  
      server = SocketServer.ForkingTCPServer(('10.0.0.6', 4242), EchoHandler)
  
      print "Server listening on localhost:4242..."
      try:
          server.allow_reuse_address
          server.serve_forever()
      except KeyboardInterrupt:
          print "\nbailing..."
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