added BUG-120, somehow losing pref info. No prints are working in PROD, so changed a lot of printf( in the F/E to SetFELog with error and persistent/cant_close set across many files. Also used opportunity to remove a few unnecessary debugs

main.py

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ from flask_ldap3_login.forms import LDAPLoginForm
 
 ####################################### Flask App globals #######################################
 hostname = socket.gethostname()
-print( "Running on: {}".format( hostname) )
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 
@@ -38,8 +37,6 @@ try:
 except Exception:
     app.config['SECRET_KEY'] = b'my_insecure_PA_token_with_random_2134876adsfjhlkasdf87'
 
-print(app.config['SECRET_KEY'])
-
 # ldap config vars: (the last one is required, or python ldap freaks out)
 app.config['LDAP_HOST'] = 'mara.ddp.net'
 app.config['LDAP_BASE_DN'] = 'dc=depaoli,dc=id,dc=au'
@@ -67,6 +64,7 @@ from files import Entry
 from person import Person
 from settings import Settings
 from user import PAUser
+from job import SetFELog
 
 ####################################### GLOBALS #######################################
 # allow jinja2 to call these python functions directly
@@ -122,7 +120,7 @@ def login():
     # the re matches on any special LDAP chars, we dont want someone
     # ldap-injecting our username, so send them back to the login page instead
     if request.method == 'POST' and re.search( r'[()\\*&!]', request.form['username']):
-       print( f"WARNING: Detected special LDAP chars in username: {request.form['username']}")
+       SetFELog( message=f"ERROR: Detected special LDAP chars in username: {request.form['username']}", log_level="error", persistent=True, cant_close=True )
        return redirect(url_for('login'))
     if form.validate_on_submit():
         # Successfully logged in, We can now access the saved user object via form.user.