Creating a home directory for a user

Question

Hi I added a user using useradd command so that he have no home directory:

useradd -M -u 1110 brinst

Then I wanted too add a home directory for the same user using usermod but that didn't work out:

 usermod -m -d /home/lagha brinst
 usermod: no changes

How can I create a home directory with all it's folders and hidden files for this user when he doesn't have an old one? - that seems to be easy but somehow it's not working.

Solution

mkdir /home/brinst
usermod -d /home/brinst brinst

More cleaner way:

mkhomedir_helper brinst