A user on this site named donmontalvo turned me onto this way to access the MySQL DB.
$ mysql -u jamfsoftware -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or g.
Your MySQL connection id is 11478
Server version: 5.0.92-log Source distribution
Type 'help;' or 'h' for help. Type 'c' to clear the current input statement.
mysql> show databases;
+--------------------+
| Database |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| jamfsoftware |
| test |
+--------------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> use jamfsoftware;
Database changed
mysql> show tables;
My next question is how do I view the columns in a table?