Custom charset, I'm lost...

[royce]

You can supply a custom charset using --custom-charset[1-4] files. The ./charsets/ directory has some stock ones, including the ./charsets/standard/German/ directory. You can combine up to four multiple charsets using --custom-charset1, --custom-charset2, etc. Or you can concatenate files to make a custom one.

You can also specific charsets with hex, using --hex-charset.

You can make sure that your setup is working by testing against a short known password hashed with, say, MD5. You can also use the --stdout feature to check your work.

Good luck!