--- audit-2.3.2/init.d/auditd.cron.orig	2013-07-29 23:36:59.000000000 +0200
+++ audit-2.3.2/init.d/auditd.cron	2013-12-08 12:29:45.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # based on a cron job.
 ##########
 
-/sbin/service auditd rotate
+p=$(pidof auditd)
+[ -n "$p" ] && kill -USR1 $p
 EXITVALUE=$?
 if [ $EXITVALUE != 0 ]; then
     /usr/bin/logger -t auditd "ALERT exited abnormally with [$EXITVALUE]"