There is no /var/log/snort/alert file

["d_greenjr" <d_greenjr () hotmail com>]

OS: FreeBSD 5.1
Snort ver: 2.1.0 (Build 9)

Problem:  
1) No "alert" file was created in /var/log/snort/
2) snort alerts are being reported to the console (which is undesired)

Details:  
-snort is running currently in daemon mode with the follwing command in startup script: 
    "/usr/local/bin/snort -i rl0 -c /usr/local/etc/snort.conf -l /var/log/snort -u snortman -g snortman -D > /dev/nell 
&& echo -n ' snort' "
- /var/log/snort permissions are set to drwxr-xr-x snortman snortman 
-my logging line in snort.conf reads: " output alert_syslog: LOG_AUTH LOG_ALERT"
-snort is operational and is creating directories under /var/log/snort/<ipaddr>