Oops.  This fix may be a little bit better.

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Takahiro Kambe <taca@sky.yamashina.kyoto.jp>

--- security.orig	Sun Jan 16 13:37:20 2000
+++ security	Mon Jan 31 09:19:52 2000
@@ -187,15 +187,16 @@
 	list="/etc/csh.cshrc /etc/csh.login ${rhome}/.cshrc ${rhome}/.login"
 	for i in $list ; do
 		if [ -f $i ] ; then
-			if egrep umask $i > /dev/null ; then
+			if sed -n -e '/^#/d' -e '/umask/p' $i > /dev/null ; then
 				umaskset=yes
 			fi
-			egrep umask $i |
-			awk '$2 % 100 < 20 \
-				{ print "\tRoot umask is group writeable" }
-			     $2 % 10 < 2 \
-				{ print "\tRoot umask is other writeable" }' \
-			    >> $OUTPUT
+			awk '/^#/ { next } \
+			     /umask/ { \
+				if ($2 % 100 < 20) \
+				    {print "\tRoot umask is group writeable"} \
+				else if ($2 % 10 < 2) \
+				    {print "\tRoot umask is other writeable"} \
+			    }' $i >> $OUTPUT
 			SAVE_PATH=$PATH
 			unset PATH
 			/bin/csh -f -s << end-of-csh > /dev/null 2>&1
@@ -232,15 +233,16 @@
 	list="/etc/profile ${rhome}/.profile"
 	for i in $list; do
 		if [ -f $i ] ; then
-			if egrep umask $i > /dev/null ; then
+			if sed -n -e '/^#/d' -e '/umask/p' $i > /dev/null ; then
 				umaskset=yes
 			fi
-			egrep umask $i |
-			awk '$2 % 100 < 20 \
-				{ print "\tRoot umask is group writeable" } \
-			     $2 % 10 < 2 \
-				{ print "\tRoot umask is other writeable" }' \
-			    >> $OUTPUT
+			awk '/^#/ { next } \
+			     /umask/ { \
+				if ($2 % 100 < 20) \
+				    {print "\tRoot umask is group writeable"} \
+				else if ($2 % 10 < 2) \
+				    {print "\tRoot umask is other writeable"} \
+			    }' $i >> $OUTPUT
 			SAVE_PATH=$PATH
 			unset PATH
 			/bin/sh << end-of-sh > /dev/null 2>&1