The problem is solved and I still don't fully understand HTTP::Request::Common. I had written

$res = $ua->request(POST "https://panel.dreamhost.com/index.cgi", 
                                 @fields);

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and that was what I have been asking you folks about -- the fields were correct but it wouldn't log in. I looked more carefully at my request and theirs and mine had a content-length of zero and theirs a content-length of 76. Then I noticed that in addition to the form fields it had a "content" of all of the form fields pushed together and HTML encoded. Poring over H::R::C I noticed there is a subtle difference between passing the array of fields and passing a ref to the array of fields. So I made one, very nonintuitive to me!, change in the request: 

$res = $ua->request(POST "https://panel.dreamhost.com/index.cgi", 
                                \@fields);

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and it all magically works now! I had been exploring doing the direct POST construction because for other forms I needed to include a file-upload in the Contents. Now I guess I'll use it for everything in preference to $ua->post(). Whew! Thanks for all the patience and advice.

In reply to Re: Bug in LWP? Missing cookie by BernieC
in thread Bug in LWP? Missing cookie by BernieC

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