+/* The following macros add 1 when converting things, since UID 0 is a
+ * valid UID, while the pointer NULL is special */
+#define PTR_TO_UID(p) ((uid_t) (((uintptr_t) (p))-1))
+#define UID_TO_PTR(u) ((void*) (((uintptr_t) (u))+1))
+
+#define PTR_TO_GID(p) ((gid_t) (((uintptr_t) (p))-1))
+#define GID_TO_PTR(u) ((void*) (((uintptr_t) (u))+1))
+