The leftovers were caused by dependencies installed alongside with the samba package. After removing all dependencies from the system the leftovers disappeared. This is not a bug.
** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1921693 Title: purging samba package does not remove config files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/1921693/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs