I found a problem where you could not view logs in the NSM under OSX when using java version 1.5.0. I have put the fix in below, which references the 1.4.2 version that should be installed on your system. Now it works perfectly.

It´s possible to run NSM on Mac OSX. You will need to install the GUI on a linux box, and then tar it up:

tar zcvf nsm.tgz Netscreen-Security_Manager/

Then untar it on your OSX box. I usually make an NSM directory in my $HOME and put it under there, renaming the "Netscreen-Security_Manager" directory to whatever version it is, like 2006.1.

mkdir ~/NSM  

-- put your nsm.tgz into that directory 

cd ~/NSM 

tar zxvf nsm.tgz 

mv NetScreen-Security_Manager 2006.1

You then need to modify the NSM.lax file. I have placed a copy of it in the Downloads section that should work for everyone.

To run it, cd into ~/NSM/2006.1 and type "./NSM &" The reason I renamed it to the version number is that I have several versions installed, so my ~/NSM directory has like 5 versions in it.

Also, I noticed that when running it on an Intel based Mac, it works great. But when running it on a PPC based Mac, you must wait up to a minute or two before clicking connect after you type your password or it will fail. I am not sure what´s causing it, but I noticed that Java takes up a big chunk of CPU right when it starts, and if you don´t wait for it to calm down it will give you an error when trying to connect. Once you´re connected, it works great. Also, you can cut and paste, but within the java app, you must use ctrl-c and ctrl-v, not the apple key.